Well, the new Kraftwerk 12" landed on my desk this morning. so - I legged it to the record shop on my lunch to borrow their deck and check it.
only flicked through, so these are first impressions...... I admit I was expecting it to be pretty s**t, but I was pleasantly surprised I think. it's only a t.p, so no track info or title info. A Side - One mix taking up the whole side. First up, it doesn't sound much like the original. The breathing and chain mechanism rhythms are gone, as are the famous synth stabs...... This mix is probably what you'll hear in the clubs - and I think you will hear it in the clubs too. Pretty modern sounding, although sort of sounds like a tech-house of the late nineties sort of thing. The thing I can most liken it to is a chain reaction record I think. A pretty pleasant modern club track with snippets of tour de france vocals on. Pretty much an instrumental mix. I can see quite a lot of people playing this. B Side - 2 mixes, both 'vocal' versions, a little more abstract than the A side, some clicks added to the rhythms to give it a slightly more modern and complex feel than the A side. Both sounded pretty OK on first listen. so, in summary, quite a pleasant surprise. Sorry about the brief descriptions, but I only flicked through. Overall, it doesn't sound like Kraftwerk much, but I think thats a good thing? I'm looking forward to the LP now I think, I hope there's a little more experimental stuff - could be interesting I think...... Alex _________________________________________________________________ --------------------- End of message text -------------------- This e-mail is sent by the above named in their individual, non-business capacity and is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring
